404 East 76th Street
404 East 76th Street or The Impala, as it is otherwise known, is a 196 unit, 31-story, luxury residential building situated in New York's Upper East Side. It was constructed in 2001 and designed by internationally acclaimed architect Michael Graves. The building was built in a postmodernist architectural style, with its "reddish-brown brick interrupted by the wrap-around corner windows trimmed with white peeking into the sides." The elevator design consists of twelve wall panels in all. The upper-wall features five architectural glass panels by Carvart, all of which are wrapped with stainless steel binders. The lower-wall consists of seven luxurious White Oak wood veneer panels also wrapped in stainless steel binder. The fronts, reveals, base, transom, door, and ceiling are all stainless steel. The use of light in this design is the real centerpiece. The wrap-around strip lighting found on the ceiling, behind the hand-rail, and above the base creates for stunning reflections on the glass, wood, stone floors, and stainless steel, not to mention the ambient illumination of the cab's interior. The beautifully designed elevators are composed of simple materials that interact harmoniously to create a lasting first impression. How the lighting was intelligently used is the key element that makes this elevator stunning.
the materials involved include the following:
ceiling: faced with stainless steel #4 finish.
lighting: L.E.D. perimeter lighting both on the ceiling and the chair rail.
Upper wall Panels: five (5) panels in total each faced with premium safety laminated glass and wrapped with stainless steel binders.
Lower Wall Panels: Seven (7) panels in total each faced with wood veneer and wrapped with stainless steel binders.
Hand Rail, frieze, reveals, & fronts: faced with stainless steel #4 finish.
FLOORING: furnished with natural stone tiles.